Looking for 3rd handgun.

[CageFighter 236]

I already have a Glock 19 Gen4 & picking up my new Sig P229 Dark Elite .40 next week. Since I have 1 more PP to burn, Im looking for some ideas on what to buy next. Considering a .45 (1911 style or polymer??), a smaller carry gun than my G19, or even a revolver. Let me hear ur comments.

[Pew Pew Plates 358]

Revolver: S&W K38

Auto: Tokarev! $200 bucks with 10 cent a round ammo is FTW!

[Maksim 1,504]

1911. You quickly realize why perfection was developed 100 years ago.

[tony357 386]

1911..

[JonF 79]

Hk Mk 23

[e80hydro 120]

Ruger GP100 .357 mag

[Pew Pew Plates 358]

BTW the tokarev is based on the 1911

 

but if you do get a 1911, get a S&W. totally awesome.

[Ray Ray 3,566]

XD45 tactical

or XDm

[lunker 274]

Wheel Gun. Smith & Wesson N frame in 357 magnum. Every gun person should own a 357 revolver.

[Pew Pew Plates 358]

XD45 tactical

or XDm

 

 

Those are made in a former soviet country!

[CageFighter 236]

Wheel Gun. Smith & Wesson N frame in 357 magnum. Every gun person should own a 357 revolver.

 

 

LCR .357??

[Blcklightning 11]

LCR .357??

Yes it comes in .357 if that's the question.

[Shane45 807]

Since your drinking the FN coolaid, the FNP is a must!

[bry@n 195]

I say a Sig 220 dark elite.

[Guest HuntingPaper]

1911

[CageFighter 236]

I say a Sig 220 dark elite.

 

i didnt expect any differnet answer out of you!

[hotshot 4]

Hk Mk 23

 

i believe hk will be discontinuing or has already discontinued this model

[hotshot 4]

how about a desert eagle

[lunker 274]

LCR .357??

 

Only if you are a masochist. I am not recoil averse (10mm is my favorite round), but the lightweight 357 snubbies are the most wrist snapping pistols I have ever fired. And those were metal. The LCR is plastic. Ouch.

[Wolfy 51]

S&W 686 or S&W 19111

[Krdshrk 3,878]

Get something weird and cool and different. FN Five-seveN?

[tuktuk 16]

although i know wat Krdshrk is saying i think you will just end up selling that kind of pistol in the future with a loss. since you are not gonna really use it a lot. the carry pistol is a good idea, but cmon we are in NJ, me personally dont think its practical. unless of course you spent more than 70% of your time outside of NJ and in the states where you have CCW. my next buy (well besides all the historical C&R that im getting) will b def a .45 1911. im actually hoping to get a WW2 1911 Army or something like that. anyways sorry for blabbering >>> my vote is for .45 1911

[lunker 274]

although i know wat Krdshrk is saying i think you will just end up selling that kind of pistol in the future with a loss. since you are not gonna really use it a lot. the carry pistol is a good idea, but cmon we are in NJ, me personally dont think its practical. unless of course you spent more than 70% of your time outside of NJ and in the states where you have CCW. my next buy (well besides all the historical C&R that im getting) will b def a .45 1911. im actually hoping to get a WW2 1911 Army or something like that. anyways sorry for blabbering >>> my vote is for .45 1911

 

Sometimes the weird and different gun becomes your favorite though. There are fans of the 41magnum, 17HM2, 10mm, another stepchild calibers that shoot the hell out of their guns. You better be a reloader for most of these calibers though. Their uncommonness translates to pricier ammo.

[CageFighter 236]

I you guys screaming 1911, but from which MANUFACTURER?? Kimber, Colt, Springfield, WIlson, Para, S&W, etc...

[lunker 274]

I you guys screaming 1911, but from which MANUFACTURER?? Kimber, Colt, Springfield, WIlson, Para, S&W, etc...

 

A lot depends on your budget. Wilson is really nice, but > $2000.

Traditionalists like the Colts. They are classic looking and nice and are under $1000 unless you get something custom or really fancy.

You can get a nice S&W 1911 for under $1000. It has some newer features that make it more functional, but slightly less classic looking.

I don't care for Para or Kimber, but those are just my personal preferences. Do Google searches and see what people have to say about them.

The < $2000 brands I read the most positives about (here and elsewhere) are Springfield, S&W, Dan Wesson and STI.

Frankly, I don't know that much about the Wilson Combats, Ed Browns, Les Baer's etc. It doesn't bother me much because i doubt I'll ever own one.

[Maksim 1,504]

Alex... STI Spartan for cheap, Smith Pro Series for around 1150 or so.

[Krdshrk 3,878]

Sometimes the weird and different gun becomes your favorite though. There are fans of the 41magnum, 17HM2, 10mm, another stepchild calibers that shoot the hell out of their guns. You better be a reloader for most of these calibers though. Their uncommonness translates to pricier ammo.

 

True. 5.7x28 is kinda hard to reload though, I think. It's a bottlenecked cartridge.

[lunker 274]

True. 5.7x28 is kinda hard to reload though, I think. It's a bottlenecked cartridge.

 

Yup. It 5.7x28, 357Sig, and Tokarev are like reloading rifle cartridges. If nothing else, it is slower than reloading straight-walled pistol cartridges.

[Wolfy 51]

S&W 1911 Pro is the best value to feature gun. You can choose either 9MM or 45. There are a few on this board who own them. You won't find a bad word said about them.

[lunker 274]

S&W 1911 Pro is the best value to feature gun. You can choose either 9MM or 45. There are a few on this board who own them. You won't find a bad word said about them.

 

Bah Humbug!

External extractors on a 1911 don't look right.

It doesn't matter that they work better than internal extractors.